Online Databases and Tutorials

If you like to do your own searching, here are some resources to help you find research studies, full text articles, reports, analyses and other data. If you have questions about searching or your results, Ask a Librarian.

Search tip: If you are not finding information on Alzheimer's,
try removing the apostrophe and search on Alzheimer. Find
out more here.

Tutorials

Understanding research
Published
research can be hard to follow. These links from the National
Library of Medicine can simplify the way you read a published study
and help you find out what's in a research study, how to read
it, and how to understand the medical terminology used in many studies.

Databases

WorldCathttp://www.worldcat.org
WorldCat is a global network of libraries with an online catalog of
tens of millions of records of books, DVDs, CDs and articles. Find
Alzheimer's materials in libraries near you through WorldCat. These
links will help you:

How to search -
Everything you need to know is provided on the home page. Be sure to sign in to make the best use of WorldCat.

PubMedhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PubMed is a free searchable database from the National Library of
Medicine in Bethesda, Md. It includes millions of citations from medical
and science journals back to 1948. It is where peer-reviewed
research is collected and indexed.
Most citations have abstracts
that provide information on what the research study is about. In some
cases, the full text of the study on Alzheimer's disease and other
topics is available.

Tips for searching PubMed:

PubMed
Help - to learn how to search, get a full-text article,
save your searches, and make the best use of the database.

Can't think of the search term? Use the MeSh Database of controlled vocabulary.

PubMed Centralhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/PubMed Central is where to find the full-text of biomedical
and life sciences journal articles for free. Search your topic then
look for Free article, FREE in PubMed Central, or the
publisher's icon.

Clinical Trials Indexhttp://www.clinicaltrials.gov
The U.S. government hosts a comprehensive online database of medical
research on all diseases at ClinicalTrials.gov.
A search box on alz.org's Clinical
Trials Index makes it easy to search the database for studies
related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Find studies in
any U.S. state or Canadian province.

CDC Wonderhttp://wonder.cdc.gov
Visitors are often looking for local statistical data on Alzheimer's
disease. CDC Wonder provides statistics from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. To find Alzheimer's disease
mortality statistics for states and counties, search 'fill-in-the-blank'
pages. Follow the onscreen prompts to move data from the left-hand-side
to the right.

Searchable Public Databases
from RePORT (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool)http://report.nih.gov/searchable_public_databases/index.aspxThe RePORT Web site from the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) provides access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research
activities including information on expenditures and the results of
NIH-supported research. Such searchable public databases as Science.gov,
Research.gov, Community of Science, RePORT, CRISP, ClinicalTrials.gov,
PubMed, and PubMed Central, are also available here.